The Maritime Executive
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New EU Project to Cut Emissions & Costs Through Wind Propulsion in Shipping
[By: Kongsberg Maritime] AWESOME — Advanced Wind Energy System Optimisation & Monitoring for Efficiency - is a Horizon Europe proj...
Volkswagen Group Enters Into Exclusive Arrangement with Bain Capital
[By: Everllence] The Volkswagen Group has entered into an exclusive arrangement with Bain Capital for the sale of its majority sta...
ClassNK Receives Authorization from French Flag
[By: ClassNK] ClassNK announced that it has earned authorization from the French Government (Directorate general for Maritime affa...
Charleston Pause Operations at New Terminal Citing Low Volume, High Costs
South Carolina Ports, in a surprise announcement, reported it will suspend operations at its new terminal in Charleston, citing lo...
SAR Operation After Gas Tanker Hits Fishing Trawler off South Korea
The Ulsan Coast Guard was conducting a search and rescue operation on Thursday, June 25, after a small gas tanker hit a fishing bo...
IMO Pauses Persian Gulf Evacuations After Containership is Attacked
Reports are coming in that a containership sailing south of Oman near the eastern exit from the Strait of Hormuz was struck by a p...
French Forces Detain Tanker in Continuing Crackdown on Shadow Fleet
French officials are reporting they stopped a sanctioned tanker operating in the shadow fleet on Tuesday, June 23, off the coast o...
Transportation Department Names New Deputy Superintendent for USMMA
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced the appointment of Rear Admiral (lower half) David Samuel Ostwind as D...
Tension Between Iran and Oman as IMO Gulf Exit Plan Mobilizes
Tensions have arisen between Iran and Oman as the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) - coordinated plan to manage the exit...
IRGC Navy Rejects Oman's Safe-Passage Plan for Strait of Hormuz
In a brief message released Wednesday night, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said that it rejects the newly-announce...